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Friday, December 24, 2004

Hawaii Bowl Wrap ...

What else would you expect from the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl? Traditionally, this game is high-scoring entertainment with little to no defense. This year was no different as UAB and Hawaii teamed - up to score 99 points. The game really wasn't that close as the Warriors beat down the Dragons.

Here are some of the other interesting stats: over 1100 combined total yards and a game that lasted almost 4.5 hours. No - I only watched the last 30 minutes or so.

Timmy Chang ends his careers with some pretty impressive numbers of his own. He threw for over 17000 yards at Hawaii and leads the NCAA. He also had 120 TD's to 80 INT's. They guy was prolific to say the least. If he played somewhere good on the mainland he might have been in the Heismann Race.

On the Bowl Mania front, yours truly picked up 18 points. Still too early to draw any other conclusions except for the fact that some made better picks than others. What happened to Mr. Trecker and the Husker Nation? Looks like he forgot to submit the picks. Either that or he really struggled with the early picks. Larson looks like he's sticking to his winning strategy of last year. He's barely on the radar screen right now but that seems to be his comfort zone.